Mark W. Lerner is a trial lawyer with specialization in disputes arising out of employment relationships, competition between firms and thefts of intellectual property, white collar criminal litigation, civil fraud and criminal activity in the workplace. Mr. Lerner regularly appears before the state and federal courts of New York and Connecticut, as well as before FINRA, and has argued appeals before the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals. He has also appeared in the state and federal courts of numerous other states including Florida, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.

Mr. Lerner has been with the firm since 1999, and partner since 2001. From 1992 to 1999, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, Criminal Division, where he focused on money laundering, fraud and complex narcotics prosecutions. Before joining the U.S. Attorney's office, Mr. Lerner served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge I. Leo Glasser in the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Lerner graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was a member of the Stanford Law Review.